Written by Richard Butrick   

According to WaPo columnist, Eugene Robinson, that Herman Cain is a bigot is practically a given. The only question is what to do about it. According to Robinson, we should “Stand up to Herman Cain’s Bigotry.”

To see Cain’s obvious bigotry all we have to do is imagine the outrage that would ensue if Cain had said he “wouldn’t be comfortable” appointing a Jew to his cabinet or claimed a community had the right to block Mormons from building a church in their community. The Founding fathers would be “whirring like turbines in their graves”. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion period. There is no asterisk “exempting Muslims from this protection.” Further, only a conspiracy lunatic could believe that Mosques are in the business of spreading Sharia law. Unfortunately, Cain is so blinded by his bigotry that he can’t see the stupidity of the collective guilt argument underpinning his statements. Just because some Muslims indulge in blameworthy behavior doesn’t mean all Muslims are to blame.

Well, all of this is quite interesting, because Robinson’s view is endorsed by Salon (“Herman Cain is the he biggest bigot in the race“) which is pretty good indication that it is the shared view of the left commentariat.

Mormon temples aside, Let’s just take Robinson’s claim that subjecting Jews to special scrutiny just because they are Jews would be considered outrageous

Suppose Jews were behind 9/11. Suppose that Jews were pillaging Coptic Christian churches in Egypt and persecuting and intimidating Christians in Iraq and had desecrated Buddhist temples. Suppose further that there were schools in Israel that taught their children to be suicide bombers and shout “Jahweh is great.” Add to that mix that it is a fundamental tenet of Judaism to practice deception and subterfuge (taqiyya, kitman) to spread Judaism. Would it be outrageous for Cain to claim that any Jew, to be a member of his cabinet, would have to undergo additional scrutiny? Might not the candidate be asked his opinion as to whether 9/11 was the result of US policy? Might not the candidate be asked if his Salafist brothers were just responding to provocations by Coptic Christians? This would be bigotry?